The Chart of the Day belongs to Helca Mining (HL). I found the precious metal mining stock n=by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for the highest Weighted Alpha, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 6/30 the stock gained 60.14%.

Hecla Mining Company is a leading low-cost U.S. silver producer with operating mines in Alaska and Idaho, and is a growing gold producer with an operating mine in Quebec, Canada. The Company also has exploration and pre-development properties in five world-class silver and gold mining districts in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and an exploration office and investments in early-stage silver exploration projects in Canada.

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100% technical buy signals

Trend Spotter buy signal

Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages

9 new highs and up 18.02% in the last month

Relative Strength Index 72.60%

Technical support level at 6.77

Recently traded at 7.12 with a 50 day moving average of 5.47

Fundamental factors:

Market Cap $2.73 billion

P/E 113.00

Dividend yield .15%

Revenue expected to grow 44.80% this year and another 8.70% next year

Earnings are estimated to increase 311.10% this year and another 47.40% next year